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philikon

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About philikon

Mozilla hacker, ex-physicist, cyclist, mountaineer, aircooled VW enthusiast

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    Comment #3363234

    I'm curious how you would come to that conclusion. The problem is, OpenID will still require you to remember your OpenID provider's URL. (You could also be with one of the half a d…

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    Comment #3361799

    Yes, I already spoke to the team and they're going to put up a FAQ. Thanks!

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    Comment #3360006

    A lot of questions here revolve around how this is different from OpenID and single sign-on solutions like Google Accounts or Facebook Connect. Here's a rough list (may be incomple…

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    Comment #3100579

    Is it just me or does it not work at all in Firefox? My keyboard inputs don't have any effect.

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    Comment #3024587

    Because when Microsoft was the only browser vendor, the web evolved really quickly... OWAIT

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    Comment #2404082

    Much like with other features we've added recently (Sync, Panorama, etc.), these features won't impact you at all if you don't use them.

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    Comment #2404065

    Yup, we do (I work for Mozilla). We're glad that have this strong competition, it makes for a better market and better products for the users to choose from. Note that Firefox nigh…

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    Comment #2398152

    http://zodb.ws is one of the more impressive April Fools hacks I've seen this year. It runs the ZODB, a pure Python NoSQL database that's been around for a while and originated in …

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    Comment #2354750

    For a fast and simple vertical tabs implementation, see https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs/

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    Comment #2354722

    The idea of Sync is that it Just Works(tm) in the background. Creating lots of UI noise as you browse the web (history, tabs, etc. are all synced!) doesn't seem very helpful nor us…

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    Comment #2354718

    If anything it's the other way around. Mozilla works out in the open and the designs of the new UI had been released long before Opera released its software, as Alex Limi points ou…

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    Comment #2237854

    I first was excited by title "Don't waste your time by cd-ing in the terminal", but then it just turned out to be a blog post about making cd'ing quicker. If you want to boost your…

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    Comment #2058746

    Mozilla will also be expanding its Services efforts in 2011. Firefox Sync will be integrated into Firefox 4 and ship to millions of users. Help us make it scale on desktop, mobile …